With a Warner Bros live-action Akira due in 2009, American Akira is both hilarious and terrifying, similar to what might happen if Michael Bay made a Transformers movie. Oh, wait…

Mow down woodland creatures and tear up the slopes with this Tracked Hummer: converted into a snowmobile/ATV for SEMA, it’s even got avalanche-inducing speakers in the trunk.

Tom Bihn’s Checkpoint Flyer is pricier than the Checkthrough or FlyThru, but the TSA-friendly bag’s ballistic nylon + cordura construction and detachable laptop sleeve are spiffy features.

Samsung’s Behold is coming to T-Mobile Nov. 10th, and we’re genuinely intrigued: it’ll have a 3″ touchscreen with haptic feedback, 3G, Wi-Fi, 3.5mm jack and 5 MP camera.

Despite his name, HPI’s G-Dog isn’t packing any attitude; made with aluminum and powered by nine servos, he can sit, beg, crawl and even roll over to its side using a Playstation-like joypad.

Surprisingly, this isn’t the first dino guitarist we’ve seen, but LBP continues to wow us with Heavy Metal Mullet, an ode to hair metal with a bone-crushing finale on a skull elevator.

Even mad scientists need a little booze every now and then: this Cocktail Chemistry Set includes your standard radioactive and biohazard test tubes, Erlenmeyer flask and a shaker.

We love two-fers, but this Devil or Angel shirt is really a four-fer: not only is the shirt reversible with angel or devil designs, but it includes an art print and is packaged like a steak. Mmm, steak…

The Asus N20A is the N10′s big bro, with a 12.1″ screen, Core 2 Duo, Bluetooth and 3G. Curiously, it’s stuck with Intel’s X4500 chipset, instead of the N10′s Nvidia 9300M.

This Halo Wars Limited Collector’s Edition might justify a little February splurge; it comes with a graphic novel, three maps, Spirit of Fire patch and six leader cards.

BMW’s LO Rider concept is an experiment in Harley-style customization, with bolt-on accessories including exhausts, seats and headlamps available to choose in the showroom.

This Sugar Rush trailer looks like something out of Adult Swim, but the actual gameplay for the MMO is a bit simpler (yet still zany). They’re now accepting beta sign ups on their forums.

Large and oblong, Sony’s MBS-900 speaker doesn’t pair visually with the Sony Ericsson W705, but its built-in bluetooth lets it pair with and stream music from BT-equipped cellphones.

Score some 8-bit street cred with this MarioFlauge hoodie; it abounds with geek-friendly features, including quick action thumb holes, an inner iPod pocket and mushroom zipper.

Jett Vodka has California written all over it, which makes sense considering it’s available only in LA; it adds trendy guarana, ginseng and caffeine for a slight boost with your buzz.

Available now on DVD and Blu-ray: Bender’s Game has us in a state of extended geek euphoria, with everything from LEGOs and demolition derbies to D&D and LOTR making appearances.

Continuing Tokyoflash’s often indecipherable yet awesome design philosophy, the Fire Watch isn’t yet available but we dig the perfed stainless steel face and hour and minute LEDs.

We’ve been eagerly awaiting Fanboys ever since we glimpsed the Star Wars parody in 2007; this latest trailer (which features Cap’n Kirk) will suffice until it hits theaters February 6.

Planning on flying soon? Two new TSA friendly bags are now available: both Skooba’s Checkthrough and Belkin’s FlyThru have a butterfly design and hold up to 15.4″ laptops.